Sydney’s wettest, coolest January in years after a night of severe storms
Sydney is now having one of its wettest Januarys since the 1980s after intense thunderstorms dumped half a month’s worth of rain in just one hour on Monday evening. Most Sydneysiders started 2023 with hopes that the flood- and...
Super dry January in Melbourne, Hobart
Australia’s southernmost two capital cities both saw their driest month in 11 months this January, with the rain taps turned off in both Hobart and Melbourne. Melbourne had just 20.2 mm of rain, the lowest since Feb 2022 Hobart...
State of emergency declared as Auckland rain returns
A State of Emergency has been declared for Auckland, with yet more rain on the way bringing the likelihood of further flooding and landslides. Early on Monday morning, New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) announced...
Albury’s heaviest rain in 160 years
Relentless rain has fallen along parts of the NSW-Vic border during the past 24 hours, with Albury registering its wettest day since 1863. A near-stationary band of heavy rainfall developed along a convergence line in the Albury-Wodonga region...
Deluge at Port Hedland
Port Hedland received a quick deluge on Sunday afternoon after a pair of thunderstorms converged over the region. Port Hedland picked up 45mm in the rain gauge, including 11mm in 10 minutes at about 2:30pm WST on Sunday...
No cyclone but plenty more storms for the Pilbara
A tropical cyclone is no longer forecast to hit the region, but tropical moisture will still lead to another thunderstorm outbreak over the coming week in the Pilbara. After a slow and slightly delayed start to the wet...
Hot and stormy Australia Day around Sydney
Potentially severe thunderstorms could interrupt a warm Australia Day in Sydney and surrounding areas of central NSW this Thursday. A warm and mostly sunny morning will entice millions of people to head outdoors across the Greater Sydney region...
Parched Red Centre turns lush green
Take a look at that satellite image showing an unusual green blob in the Red Centre of Australia. That, right there, is grass. Beautiful green, green grass and other vegetation. Now take a squiz at the same region about...
